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City Budget Review

Information Technology budget, fiscal year 2022

Information Technology spent $7.6M in fiscal year 2022 — 2.2% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 8th-largest share.

Spending

$7.6M

2.2% of city spending

Revenue

$20K

Salaries

$2.6M

Divisions

6

Where the money went

Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$2.4M31% · 271 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$2.0M27% · 135 lines
Cptl-Technology Equipment$1.3M17% · 57 lines
Benefits-ASRS$332K4.3% · 267 lines
Utilsvc-Telephone Service$302K4.0% · 90 lines
Paid Time Off$245K3.2% · 155 lines
Benefits-FICA$161K2.1% · 267 lines
Benefits-Medical EPO$121K1.6% · 200 lines
38 other categories$744K9.7%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
OFS-Capital Lease Financing$20K99% · 1 line
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev$253.361.2% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsJan 19, 2022The largest of 10 such lines among the top 15General Fund$360,938.11
Cptl-Technology EquipmentNov 9, 2021The largest of 5 such lines among the top 15IT Asset Replacement$322,576.40

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
OFS-Capital Lease FinancingGeneral Fund$20,082.58
Recovery of PY Expense-RevGeneral Fund$253.36

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Salaries by division

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

DivisionPublished total
Technical Services$853,528.00
Application Services$651,767.48
Geographcial Info Systems$513,514.30
Security Services$310,052.60
IT Admin$234,135.72

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.6M in 2010, $2.6M in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$1.6M
  2. 2011$1.6M
  3. 2012$1.5M
  4. 2013$1.6M
  5. 2014$1.7M
  6. 2015$1.5M
  7. 2016$1.7M
  8. 2017$1.8M
  9. 2018$1.9M
  10. 2019$2.2M
  11. 2020$2.3M
  12. 2021$2.7M
  13. 2022$2.6M

City labels these records unaudited. View the city's original records.